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finished with the digitalized version,,,i once again offer wife fuuta (someone said this was the good ending,,,are you sure)

pov: you come back from work to your angry gamer malewife

#BEST END #asdfsdfdsf this is incredible #theres nothing i would want more fuuta 😭 #milgram #fuuta kajiyama

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i finally drew fuuta!!

#fuutaaaa!!!! #he looks so cute here 😭 #thank you for sending pal -- omg i love him :3 #milgram #fuuta kajiyama

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#🥺🥺🥺🥺 #just little guys... #funny #cats

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The justice siblings have been grounded due to misbehaving

#LMAO #sad wet cat fr 😭😭😭 #theyre both so cute sadfsfsdfds i love these #milgram #kotoko yuzuriha #fuuta kajiyama

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Merry belated @nagamas , @ainzee !! I was your backup santa; perhaps this can be an (also belated) Valentines drawing ^_^

#;---; #this is so lovely! #the flowers are all so beautiful!!! #sweet.... #fe awakening #fe frederick #fe sumia

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It's tasteless

@es-quest fan art

#awwww 😂 #it was worth a shot!!! #this is super cute omg #little salamander fuuta ;-; #milgram #esquest #es #fuuta kajiyama

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Fuuta and Mikoto as Character Foils

This amazing post talks about Fuuta's people pleasing tendencies and they mentioned how Mikoto is simillar, but does it in a different way. And I have NOT been able to stop thinking about it so I want to get my thoughts out about how Fuuta and Mikoto are character foils to each other.

Fuuta and Mikoto are pretty much complete opposites. They parallel in that they both desperately crave societal acceptance, but they differ in how they go about it. Mikoto tries to read the room and changes every aspect of himself in order to seem more friendly and amicable to fit in. He does things based on what he SHOULD do because it’s the societally accepted way to do things and he’ll be liked for it.

Fuuta doesn’t because it’s just how he is, his naturally fiery and argumentative temperament makes it hard for people to like him. It’s not that he doesn’t want to fit in but he isn’t willing to change himself the same way Mikoto is. Mikoto is friendly and approachable while Fuuta is the complete opposite.

But here’s the thing, he IS also like Mikoto in that regard because he is seen in MILGRAM actively changing himself in order to believe that he is that idealized self in Bring It On. He tries to be a representative for everyone and confronts Es for hurting Yuno during his t1 VD, despite having to hype himself up before charging up at them.

But still, no matter how hard he tries he can’t be that idealized self. He can’t fit in, because it’s not who he is. He wants to be accepted as himself! He wants friends he can share the same interests and opinions with to feel validated.

Portal Timeline conversation (2023/07/05):

Fuuta: "Oh, well. I guess I can understand a bit now. When you're feeling down, it's nice to have someone to rely on, someone who accepts you."

It's why Mikoto thinks Fuuta’s immature because Fuuta's unable to fit into society and "be an adult" like Mikoto can. Mikoto thinks that once you grow up, you need to buckle down and start conforming or else you'll never get anywhere in life. To him, it's disgraceful to be angry because it's frowned upon, and Fuuta's pretty much in a constant state of rage, which is why Fuuta has such a hard time finding acceptance. Every time they talk, they’re criticizing each other. Their first ever conversation starts with Mikoto lecturing Fuuta about how he can’t and won’t fit in and it (rightfully) ticks him off, especially since Mikoto can. It’s why they’re at each other's throats like every time they interact (which is pretty little). Mikoto even straight up has a line in the earbud collab about how Fuuta will never get any girls.

Fuuta is constantly considered by others as “immature” and “childish” such as Kazui saying that it's okay for Fuuta to be cocky because he's young or how Fuuta is constantly linked to games (typically associated with children). Or the fact that the lyrics from Bring It On: ""Kono yubi tomare" [is] a traditional saying from a traditional kid’s game."

On the flip side, Mikoto is constantly reminding people that he’s a working adult. Not to mention, Mikoto tends to hang around the older prisoners more (the smoker trio) while Fuuta interacts with the younger prisoners the most. (Amane, Haruka, and sometimes Muu)

Mikoto wants to be a cog in the machine and believes that if he works hard enough, he'll be able to make it in the workforce. Fuuta actively criticizes the workforce and how it's useless to work too hard, so he "goes with the flow."

There are so many smaller details too that emphasize their foil. Mikoto smokes, Fuuta hates smoking. Mikoto's voice is high and whiney while Fuuta's is deep and aggressive. Fuuta has an older sister while Mikoto has a younger sister. Both their parents are divorced but Fuuta is missing his mother while Mikoto is missing his father. However, one similarity is that they both SEEM to have good opinions about their moms while having questionable ones with their dads.

Something else I think about a lot is how Fuuta parallels with John. Especially concerning these lines from John when you realize John is pretty much the opposite of Mikoto too:

John might be the person Mikoto wishes he was. Someone who stubbornly stands their ground, someone who tries stand up for themselves and “gives people their just desserts.” Sounds rather familiar to a certain red-head, I must say.

In addition, they share a lot more similarities too, like their connection to the bright colour red, contrasted by Mikoto's light blue. They both have short tempers and jump at Es as a defence mechanism, in contrast to Mikoto having a fawn response and laughing everything off. They both use the first-person pronoun "ore" while Mikoto uses "boku." Both Fuuta and John have a deeper and more aggressive tone in comparison to Mikoto. Fuuta's symbolism as a brave knight protecting the weak and punishing evil parallels John protecting the "weak" (Mikoto) and acting as his saviour from threats. Mikoto couldn't stand up for himself so John did it for him, Fuuta "stood up" for the people hurt by the actions of the people he cancelled.

To add on to that, Mikoto’s name in kanji means “noble” or “revered.” Words that remind you of royalty, or a prince. (Boy princess fr fr) John being his saviour makes him his knight in shining armour. Matching with Fuuta’s knight symbolism!

Mikoto envies these traits in Fuuta yet hates them and purposefully suppresses them within himself because it's not socially acceptable to act like him. Fuuta likely similarity envies people who can fit in, like Mikoto. Perhaps the reason why the two are so irked by the other is that they each embody traits the other admires yet can't have.

But in the end, they both can’t really fit into “normal” society. Mikoto, who claims he can, is suffering to the point of breaking. Fuuta, who tried and finally found an ounce of acceptance and ally ship in his online buddies, ended up getting carried away and causing the death of someone.

I'm really surprised I haven’t really seen this mentioned or discussed very much. Sorry if it’s really obvious, I just wanted to point some stuff out. Anyway man, I love these two a lot and I would love to see more stuff diving into these two in a canon context too.

#im sorry im eepy tired rn and dont have a ton of words but this is SUCH a good analysis of them oughgh #i really love that 👀👀👀 #a really good and thorough analysis!!! #milgram #fuuta kajiyama #mikoto kayano

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Fairy king Yuki transforming Phillia and Lubbock into fairies. A crossover request by @nimhpflamedragon. Thanks for your request!

#haha - very fun!! #theyre such cute designs #i love the unique wings oohh! #fairies #art #fantasy

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hii so uh. this post (@purgemarchlockdown hi) where i said i would Think About it Visually? yeah i meant it. old men got es quest amane'd

uhh design notes ish + the Thoughts that i wrote down and am now going to Type under cut

ok so. Twas kind of hard trying to put these two specifically into the "damsel" role cuz not only are they both grown men but also they both wouldn't accept the role i think. for one itd be hard to act that way for two. well they both have sperate second reasons ill put it seperated for each character

Shidous was the easy one out of the two to design. Honestly its mostly his prison uniform + a bit of my ocs prison uniform - the straps. His collar gets to be a stethoscope cuz haha. doctor man. Reason A for why itd be hard to slap him into a damsel esque role is that he absolutely Wouldn't Accept needing to be saved. He needs to save, not the other way around. Maybe hes still in the timeloop cuz jackalope thinks its Entertaining watching him try to save the one whos trying to save him. idk. Just to be safe i made it a point to make him as sickly looking as possible (not a tall order i mean look at triage)

Kazui was a fucking bitch to design. My instinct for him was. Yk. Suit. then it was the theatre outfit but....they were both tooo.....detailed, lets say. It didnt fit the vibe. i went with vaugely poet shirt looking following the pattern of his vest in Half and Cat. and before you say the lapel is the wrong way i know . pretend its intentional or mirrored pleas. I also ran into the problem of This Man Does Not Look Like He Needs Saving (as is a very fun aspect of his original MILGRAM characterisation) so i had to. Think. Real hard. all i got was to make the collar more obvious? I was thinking like. those heavy duty collars used for violent dogs mostly. ironic cuz hes a cat. was gonna add spikes but they look tacky in my style oops\

general notes wise. uh. i cant draw animalistic features very sorry. kazuis design gave me an anurysem and uhh. I actually forgot about the cat thing for shidou so all the features are on a different layer. Hope this turned out well i need to go back to studying now o7

#ahh these designs are so cool >:0 #it is such a different role for both of them.... thats really interesting.... #i love them so much 👀👀👀 #milgram #esquest #shidou kirisaki #kazui mukuhara

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the bravery of a girl who has to decide what is for dinner and then cook it and then wash dishes every day forever and ever.

#it IS 😤 #and im so so proud of all you brave people out there!!! #funny

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I had to make a poster for possibly entering an artschool, and it have been weeks I thought of Flora as a machanical puppet, so here you go.

got inspired by vintage cabaret posters. Maybe one day I'll elaborate on the puppet Flora idea?

#oohhh thats super fun! #it looks awesome ✨ #professor layton #flora reinhold

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Mob is cute(!!!!) 📸📸📸

#thanks buddy :'D #asdfsdf i love that #mp100 #shigeo kageyama #dimple

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mini celica commission ;u;

#awwww :D #thats so sweet! #fe echoes #fe celica

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I still believe Take Me To War is an Amane song:

I've earned myself a reputation That my bark is much worse than my bite But I keep snapping at Goliath's hands With all of my tiny might There are no stones at my disposal There's no God to award me a crown But I am always swinging at Somebody I can't knock down

I like finding songs that represent her rage....

#mmm i love that one -- it does suit her well huh 👀 #she deserves some good Angry songs... #milgram #amane momose #music

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I don’t even have a Switch… Lighting is so hard!!

#;---; #'here have a chip and maybe youll calm down' #thats really sweet! #mp100 #ritsu kageyama #shigeo kageyama

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Contributor Spotlight! Next up is @/rainebowkitty !

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A distinctive feature of the Oni-Cyclops, apart from the three eyes, is a big jump in growth in puberty. One year they’re still looks like eight years old child, and the next they’re knocking on your window, which is a second floor.

#omg thats great 😂 #thats so fun haha!! #dokuro kern #dokuro es #ocs